Why It's Cool #14: Birkenstocks
Once deemed ugly or uncool among the fashion-conscious crowd, Birkenstocks now grace Paris Fashion Week runways and are the subject of some high-profi...
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A recurring podcast digging deeper into the most relevant brands, manufacturers, and specific products in the Highsnobiety universe and why our audience cares so much about them. The show dissects what it’s like for brands like Dickies Work Trousers to “have a moment” in pop culture, to how perennially hot items like the Air Jordan 1 stay relevant.
Why It's Cool #13: Dragon Ball Z
Nothing got hyperactive 90’s and 2000’s kids to settle on the couch better than the intergalactic battles, valiant heroics, and epic animations packed...
Why It's Cool #12: Ray-Ban Wayfarers
When did the Space Age begin? In terms of astronomy, you can nail it down to 1957, when the Russians hurled a 183-pound polished sphere about the size...
Why It's Cool #11: Levi's 501s
In his 2003 novel, Pattern Recognition, William Gibson creates the coolest character ever to grace the pages of a book. Cayce Pollard is the world’s b...
Why It's Cool #10: adidas Stan Smith
Timeless is a word so overused nowadays that its meaning has almost become redundant, but the Stan Smith is one of the few products that’s design has ...
Why It's Cool #9: Margiela Tabi Boots
The Margiela Tabi Boot celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Along the way, it's become a membership card among fashion's most elite dressers. Ho...
Why It's Cool #8: NY Yankees Cap
On “Empire State of Mind,” JAY-Z rapped, “I made the Yankees hat more famous than a Yankee can.” It’s a stunt, a boast typical in hip-hop that need no...
Why It's Cool #7: Vans
From the first time four wheels hugged the walls of an emptied out pool, to becoming a central part of pop culture and fashion, skateboarding has had ...
Why It's Cool #6: Crystals
On this week’s episodeof Why It's Cool, we dive deep into the divine territory of crystals—and it's as magical as you would imagine. Host Sydney Gore ...
Why It's Cool #5: The Ikea Bag
It’s hard to believe that a $1.49 bag made entirely of polypropylene could be so influential. So much so that in 2017 Demna Gvasalia, the creative dir...